Teacher shot by 6-year-old with gun in US classroom – Police

During a fight inside a first-grade classroom, a six-year-old Virginia youngster shot and injured a teacher, according to police and school administrators in Newport News.

According to authorities, no pupils were hurt in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School. The teacher, a 30-year-old lady, sustained fatal wounds.

By late afternoon, according to Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew, her condition had slightly improved.

Police reported that they had taken the student into custody after discovering the child in the classroom with a weapon.

According to Drew, there was no instance of a person evading the school shooting. “We have a case where a bullet was discharged in one specific location.”

He claimed that the gunshot was not an accident.

The location of the child’s acquisition of the gun was the subject of investigation.

The police chief stated that officers from the police department were in charge of that investigation but did not precisely respond to queries about whether authorities had contact with the boy’s parents.

In order to help us best provide services to this young kid, we have been in communication with our commonwealth’s attorney (local prosecutor) and several other institutions, Drew stated.

The shooting, the altercation, and what transpired inside the school were not further discussed by the police chief.

At the entrance to the gym, parents and children were reunited, Newport News Public Schools posted on Facebook.